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galeiform |
= galeate, helmet-shaped |
solid shape |
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Convex overall with a more or less smoothly curved apex, relatively thin-walled and essentially hollow with the interior open to one side below the distal portion; resembling a helmet. See also cuculliform (cucullate, hood-shaped), which overlaps conceptually. |
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attenuate 2 |
= tapered |
solid shape |
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Gradually diminishing in breadth or diameter from one end to the other. |
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clavate |
= club-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and basically round in transverse section, the diameter greatest at or near a blunt apex, thence attenuate toward the base, the degree of taper greatest between the middle and the upper quarter. |
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headed 2 |
= capitate |
solid shape |
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Abruptly enlarged distally to a relatively short, terminal portion that is basically round in transverse section. |
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nodose |
= knobby, knotty |
solid shape |
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Having nodiform (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
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muscariform |
= broom-shaped, penicillate |
solid shape |
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Having a proximal axis that bears a distal cluster of elongate slender branches or appendages, these variously ascending to erect; like a broom. |
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pitcher-shaped |
= ascidiform |
solid shape |
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Having a more or less tubular, radially or bilaterally symmetrical body closed at the base and broadening toward a more or less open apex sometimes lidded or overarched by a prolongation of one side; like a pitcher. |
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saccate 2 |
= bag-shaped, pouch-shaped, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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sigmoid 2 |
= S-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate with more or less constant width or diameter and curved more or less regularly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, like the letter S. |
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wheel-shaped |
= rotate |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a very short, cupulate tube and a broad, divergent to divaricate limb; resembling a wheel when viewed from the distal end. |
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angled |
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solid shape |
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Having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
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obovoid |
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solid shape |
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Inversely ovoid (egg-shaped). |
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terete |
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solid shape |
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Elongate and transversely round, gradually attenuate from base to apex; attenuate-cylindric or attenuate-tubular, broadest at the base. See also obterete. |
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unciform |
= hook-shaped |
solid shape |
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Very slenderly elongate with a more or less straight proximal portion and a recurved terminal portion, the whole resembling a hook. |
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trigonous |
= three-angled, triquetrous; > deltoid, obdeltoid |
solid shape |
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Elongate with three sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
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mushroom-shaped |
= fungiform |
solid shape |
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Having a cylindric base and a considerably broader, pulvinate distal portion; like the generalized form of a mushroom. |
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conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
solid shape |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
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elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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sack-shaped |
= bag-shaped, pouch-shaped, saccate |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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lageniform |
= ampulliform, flask-shaped |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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tubiform |
= trumpet-shaped |
solid shape |
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Obteretely tubular with a relatively short distal flare (the limb if a perianth, calyx, or corolla). |
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whip-like |
= flagelliform |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
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…angled |
= …gonous |
solid shape |
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Elongate with the number of longitudinal angles indicated by the prefix, the intervening sides transversely flat or curved; as in four-angled. See also …angular (…gonal), deltoid, obdeltoid, triquetrous. |
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moniliform |
= beaded |
solid shape |
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Elongate, relatively slender, transversely round, and more or less regularly constricted over its length, the whole straight or variously curved; like a necklace of beads. |
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cuniculate |
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solid shape |
elongate structure |
Hollow over a significant part of its length, the interior open at the end of the hollow portion. |
